Byron
, knowing full well that anything insulting to his Prince or injurious to his country would be most thankfully received and published by the
Morning Chronicle
, did in March, 1812, send the following loyal and patriotic lines to that loyal and patriotic Paper, in which of course they appeared: "To
a Lady Weeping.
"Weep, daughter of a Royal line,
A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay:
Ah! happy! if each tear of thine
Could wash a father's fault away!
"Weep—for thy tears are Virtue's tears—
Auspicious to these suffering isles:
And be each drop, in future years,
Repaid thee by thy people's smiles!"
These lines the
Morning Chronicle
, in the following paragraph of yesterday, informs us were aimed at the
Prince Regent